Google Cloud Platform

Like other cloud computing solutions, applications hosted on Google Cloud Platform are subject to the fallacies of distributed computing, a series of misconceptions that can lead to significant issues in software development and deployment. {{Cite book |title=Fundamentals of Software Architecture: An Engineering Approach |publisher=O'Reilly Media |year=2020 |isbn=978-1492043454}}

File:Kubernetes talk at Google Cloud Summit.jpgGoogle lists over 100 products under the Google Cloud brand. Some of the key services are listed below.

• App Engine – Platform as a Service to deploy applications developed with Java, PHP, Node.js, Python, C#, .Net, Ruby and Go programming languages.
• Compute Engine – Infrastructure as a Service to run Microsoft Windows and Linux virtual machines.
• Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) or GKE on-prem offered as part of Anthos platform{{Cite web|url=https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/hybrid-cloud/new-platform-for-managing-applications-in-todays-multi-cloud-world/|title=Making hybrid- and multi-cloud computing a reality|website=Google Cloud Blog}}{{Cite web|url=https://cloud.google.com/gke-on-prem/|title=Running Anthos on-premises|website=Google Cloud}} – Containers as a Service based on Kubernetes.
• Cloud Functions – Functions as a Service to run event-driven code written in Node.js, Java, Python, or Go.
• Cloud Run – Compute execution environment based on Knative.{{Cite web|url=https://knative.dev/|title=Knative|website=Knative}} Offered as Cloud Run (fully managed){{Cite web|url=https://cloud.google.com/run/|title=Cloud Run|website=Google Cloud}} or as Cloud Run for Anthos. Currently supports GCP, AWS and VMware management.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=December 16, 2020|title=Anthos technical overview|url=https://cloud.google.com/anthos/docs/concepts/overview|access-date=January 5, 2021|website=[Google Cloud]}}

• Cloud Storage – Object storage with integrated edge caching to store unstructured data.
• Cloud SQL – Database as a Service based on MySQL, PostgreSQL and Microsoft SQL Server.
• Cloud Bigtable – Managed NoSQL database service.{{Cite web |title=As the data rush continues Google opens up massive Bigtable database to all |url=https://fortune.com/2015/05/06/google-launches-bigtable-database/ |access-date=April 28, 2022 |website=Fortune |language=en}}
• Cloud Spanner – Horizontally scalable, strongly consistent, relational database service.{{Cite web |last=Weinberger |first=Matt |title=Google is turning a key technology into a weapon in its cloud war with Amazon and Microsoft |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/google-launches-cloud-spanner-2017-2 |access-date=April 28, 2022 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}
• Cloud Datastore – NoSQL database for web and mobile applications.{{Cite web |last=Gallagher |first=Sean |date=May 16, 2013 |title=Google wants your WordPress blog—and everything else—in its cloud |url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/05/google-wants-your-wordpress-blog-and-everything-else-in-its-cloud/ |access-date=April 28, 2022 |website=Ars Technica |language=en-us}}
• Persistent Disk – Block storage for Compute Engine virtual machines.{{Cite web |title=Google Cloud Platform Gets SSD Persistent Disks And HTTP Load Balancing |url=https://techcrunch.com/2014/06/16/google-cloud-platform-gets-ssd-persistent-disks-and-http-load-balancing/ |access-date=April 28, 2022 |website=TechCrunch |language=en-US }}
• Cloud Memorystore – Managed in-memory data store based on Redis and Memcached.{{Cite web |last=Condon |first=Stephanie |title=Google rolls out Memorystore for Memcached in beta |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-rolls-out-memorystore-for-memcached-in-beta/ |access-date=April 28, 2022 |website=ZDNet |language=en}}
• Local SSD: High-performance, transient, local block storage.
• Filestore: High-performance file storage for Google Cloud users.{{Cite web |last=Bednarz |first=Ann |date=June 29, 2018 |title=Google cloud storage gets a boost with managed NAS service |url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/3284930/google-cloud-storage-gets-a-boost-with-managed-nas-service.html |access-date=April 28, 2022 |website=Network World |language=en}}
• AlloyDB: Fully managed PostgreSQL database service.{{Cite web |last=Lardinois |first=Frederic |title=Google Cloud launches AlloyDB, a new fully managed PostgreSQL database service |url=https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/11/google-cloud-launches-alloydb-a-new-fully-managed-postgresql-database-service/ |access-date=May 12, 2022 |website=TechCrunch |language=en-US }}

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• VPC – Virtual Private Cloud for managing the software defined network of cloud resources.

• Cloud Load Balancing – Software-defined, managed service for load balancing the traffic.
• Cloud Armor – Web application firewall to protect workloads from DDoS attacks.
• Cloud CDN – Content Delivery Network based on Google's globally distributed edge points of presence.
• Cloud Interconnect – Service to connect a data center with Google Cloud Platform
• Cloud DNS – Managed, authoritative DNS hosting service running on the same infrastructure as Google.
• Network Service Tiers – Option to choose Premium vs Standard network tier for higher-performing network.

• BigQuery – Scalable, managed enterprise data warehouse for analytics.{{Cite web |title=Google BigQuery: Self-service cloud data analysis, from your iPad or desktop |url=https://www.zdnet.com/pictures/google-bigquery-self-service-cloud-data-analysis-from-your-ipad-or-desktop/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109061634/http://www.zdnet.com/pictures/google-bigquery-self-service-cloud-data-analysis-from-your-ipad-or-desktop/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 9, 2015 |access-date=April 27, 2022 |website=ZDNet |language=en}}
• Cloud Dataflow – Managed service based on Apache Beam for stream and batch data processing.{{Cite web |title=Google Opens Cloud Dataflow To All Developers, Launches European Zone For BigQuery |url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/04/16/google-opens-cloud-dataflow-to-all-developers-launches-european-zone-for-bigquery/ |access-date=April 27, 2022 |website=TechCrunch |language=en-US }}
• Cloud Data Fusion – A managed ETL service based on the Open Source Cask Data Application Platform.{{Cite web |title=Cloud Data Fusion |url=https://cloud.google.com/data-fusion |access-date=December 21, 2022 |website=Google Cloud |language=en}}
• Dataproc – Big data platform for running Apache Hadoop and Apache Spark jobs.{{Cite web |title=Google Launches Cloud Dataproc, A Managed Spark And Hadoop Big Data Service |url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/09/23/google-launches-cloud-dataproc-a-managed-spark-and-hadoop-big-data-service/ |access-date=April 27, 2022 |website=TechCrunch |language=en-US }}
• Cloud Composer – Managed workflow orchestration service built on Apache Airflow.{{Cite web |title=Google launches Cloud Composer, a new workflow automation tool for developers |url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/01/google-launches-cloud-composer-a-new-workflow-automation-tool-for-developers/ |access-date=April 27, 2022 |website=TechCrunch |language=en-US }}
• Cloud Datalab – Tool for data exploration, analysis, visualization and machine learning. This is a fully managed Jupyter Notebook service.{{Cite web |title=Google Launches Cloud Datalab, An Interactive Tool For Exploring And Visualizing Data |url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/10/13/google-launches-cloud-datalab-an-interactive-tool-for-exploring-and-visualizing-data/ |access-date=April 16, 2024 |website=TechCrunch |language=en-US}}
• Cloud Dataprep – Data service based on Trifacta to visually explore, clean, and prepare data for analysis.{{Cite web |date=March 9, 2017 |title=Google launches Cloud Dataprep, an embedded version of Trifacta |url=https://venturebeat.com/2017/03/09/google-launches-cloud-dataprep-an-embedded-version-of-trifacta/ |access-date=April 27, 2022 |website=VentureBeat |language=en-US}}
• Cloud Pub/Sub – Scalable event ingestion service based on message queues.{{Cite web |title=Google's Cloud Pub/Sub Real-Time Messaging Service Is Now In Public Beta |url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/03/04/googles-cloud-pubsub-real-time-messaging-service-is-now-in-public-beta/ |access-date=April 27, 2022 |website=TechCrunch |language=en-US }}
• Looker Studio – Business intelligence tool to visualize data through dashboards and reports.{{Cite web |last=Frank |first=Blair Hanley |date=May 26, 2016 |title=Google goes after Microsoft, Tableau and others with a free analytics tool |url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/3075749/google-goes-after-microsoft-tableau-and-others-with-a-free-analytics-tool.html |access-date=April 27, 2022 |website=Computerworld |language=en}}
• Looker – Business intelligence platform.{{cite web |last=Ghoshal |first=Anirban |date=October 19, 2021 |title=Google Cloud tools aim to ease machine-learning, cross-cloud analytics |url=https://www.infoworld.com/article/3637001/google-cloud-tools-aim-to-ease-machine-learning-cross-cloud-analytics.html |website=InfoWorld}}{{cite web |last=Goodison |first=Donna |date=June 23, 2022 |title=Thomas Kurian remade Google Cloud into an enterprise-first company. Customers and partners approve. |url=https://www.protocol.com/enterprise/google-cloud-ceo-thomas-kurian |website=Protocol |access-date=May 16, 2023 |archive-date=May 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230516062916/https://www.protocol.com/enterprise/google-cloud-ceo-thomas-kurian |url-status=dead }}

• Cloud AutoML – Service to train and deploy custom machine learning models. As of September 2018, the service is in Beta.{{Cite web |last=Novet |first=Jordan |date=January 17, 2018 |title=Google hopes to draw more cloud customers by making A.I. easier to use |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/17/google-launches-cloud-automl.html |access-date=April 27, 2022 |website=CNBC |language=en}}
• Cloud TPU – Accelerators used by Google to train machine learning models.{{Cite web |last=Freund |first=Karl |date=May 26, 2016 |title=Google's TPU Chip Creates More Questions Than Answers |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/moorinsights/2016/05/26/googles-tpu-chip-creates-more-questions-than-answers/ |access-date=April 27, 2022 |website=Forbes |language=en}}
• Cloud Machine Learning Engine – Managed service for training and building machine learning models based on mainstream frameworks.{{Cite web |title=Google launches new machine learning platform |url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/03/23/google-launches-new-machine-learning-platform/ |access-date=April 27, 2022 |website=TechCrunch |language=en-US }}
• Cloud Talent Solution (formerly Cloud Job Discovery) – Service based on Google's search and machine learning capabilities for the recruiting ecosystem.{{Cite web |date=August 16, 2018 |title=Developers can now use Google's Cloud Talent Solution to power job searches |url=https://venturebeat.com/2018/08/16/2384861/ |access-date=April 27, 2022 |website=VentureBeat |language=en-US}}
• Dialogflow Enterprise – Development environment based on Google's machine learning for building conversational interfaces.{{Cite web |date=April 17, 2018 |title=Google's Dialogflow Enterprise helps businesses create AI-powered chatbots |url=https://www.techrepublic.com/article/google-officially-unveils-chatbot-dialogflow-enterprise/ |access-date=April 27, 2022 |website=TechRepublic |language=en-US}}
• Cloud Natural Language – Text analysis service based on Google Deep Learning models.{{Cite web |title=Google Launches Cloud Natural Language API |url=https://www.infoq.com/news/2016/08/google-nlpaas/ |access-date=April 27, 2022 |website=InfoQ |language=en}}
• Cloud Speech-to-Text – Speech to text conversion service based on machine learning.{{Cite web |last=Li |first=Abner |date=July 20, 2016 |title=Google Natural Language and Speech APIs enter beta, West Coast Cloud Region opens |url=https://9to5google.com/2016/07/20/google-natural-language-speech-api-beta/ |access-date=April 27, 2022 |website=9to5Google |language=en-US}}
• Cloud Text-to-Speech – Text to speech conversion service based on machine learning.{{Cite web |last=Vincent |first=James |date=March 27, 2018 |title=Google launches more realistic text-to-speech service powered by DeepMind's AI |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/27/17167200/google-ai-speech-tts-cloud-deepmind-wavenet |access-date=April 27, 2022 |website=The Verge |language=en}}
• Cloud Translation API – Service to dynamically translate between thousands of available language pairs.
• Cloud Vision API – Image analysis service based on machine learning.{{Cite web |title=Launch of Google Cloud Vision Revolutionizes How Machines See |url=https://futurism.com/launch-google-cloud-vision-revolutionizes-machines-see |access-date=April 27, 2022 |website=Futurism}}
• Cloud Video Intelligence – Video analysis service based on machine learning.{{Cite web |date=March 9, 2017 |title=Google's Video Intelligence API can recognise objects in a video |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/google-next-2017-video-intelligence-api-can-recognise-objects-in-a-video/ |access-date=April 27, 2022 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}

• Operations suite (formerly Stackdriver ) – Monitoring, logging, tracing, and diagnostics for applications on Google Cloud Platform.{{Cite web |title=What is Google Cloud Operations? (Formerly Stackdriver) |url=https://www.techtarget.com/searchcloudcomputing/definition/Google-Stackdriver |access-date=April 27, 2022 |website=TechTarget |language=en}}
• Cloud Deployment Manager  - Tool to deploy Google Cloud Platform resources defined in templates created in YAML, Python or Jinja2.{{Cite book |last1=Gonzalez |first1=Jose Ugia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BGYnCgAAQBAJ&dq=Google+Cloud+Deployment+Manager&pg=PA333 |title=Building Your Next Big Thing with Google Cloud Platform: A Guide for Developers and Enterprise Architects |last2=Krishnan |first2=S. P. T. |date=June 15, 2015 |publisher=Apress |isbn=978-1-4842-1004-8 |language=en}}
• Cloud Console – Web interface to manage Google Cloud Platform resources.
• Cloud Shell – Browser-based shell command-line access to manage Google Cloud Platform resources.
• Cloud Console Mobile App – Android and iOS application to manage Google Cloud Platform resources.
• Cloud APIs – APIs to programmatically access Google Cloud Platform resources

• Cloud Identity – Single sign-on (SSO) service based on SAML 2.0 and OpenID.
• Cloud IAM – Identity & Access Management (IAM) service for defining policies based on role-based access control.
• Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy – Service to control access to cloud applications running on Google Cloud Platform without using a VPN.
• Cloud Data Loss Prevention API – Service to automatically discover, classify, and redact sensitive data.
• Security Key Enforcement – Two-step verification service based on a security key.
• Cloud Key Management Service – Cloud-hosted key management service integrated with IAM and audit logging.
• Cloud Resource Manager – Service to manage resources by project, folder, and organization based on the hierarchy.
• Cloud Security Command Center – Security and data risk platform for data and services running in Google Cloud Platform.
• Cloud Security Scanner – Automated vulnerability scanning service for applications deployed in App Engine.
• Access Transparency – Near real-time audit logs providing visibility to Google Cloud Platform administrators.
• VPC Service Controls – Service to manage security perimeters for sensitive data in Google Cloud Platform services.

• Cloud IoT Core – Secure device connection and management service for Internet of Things.
• Edge TPU – Purpose-built ASIC designed to run inference at the edge. As of September 2018, this product is in private beta.
• Cloud IoT Edge – Brings AI to the edge computing layer.

• Maps Platform – APIs for maps, routes, and places based on Google Maps.
• Apigee API Platform – Lifecycle management platform to design, secure, deploy, monitor, and scale APIs.
• API Monetization – Tool for API providers to create revenue models, reports, payment gateways, and developer portal integrations.
• Developer Portal – Self-service platform for developers to publish and manage APIs.
• API Analytics – Service to analyze API-driven programs through monitoring, measuring, and managing APIs.
• Apigee Sense – Enables API security by identifying and alerting administrators to suspicious API behaviors.
• Cloud Endpoints – An NGINX-based proxy to deploy and manage APIs.
• Service Infrastructure – A set of foundational services for building Google Cloud products.

A region is a specific geographical location where users can deploy cloud resources. Each region is an independent geographic area that consists of zones.

A zone is a deployment area for Google Cloud Platform resources within a region. Zones should be considered a single failure domain within a region. Most regions have three zones.

{{As of|2024|January|alt=As of Q1 2024}}, Google Cloud Platform is available in 40 regions and 121 zones. This is a list of those regions and zones:{{cite web |title=Cloud locations |url=https://cloud.google.com/about/locations |website=Google Cloud |access-date=5 April 2024}}{{cite web |title=Regions and Zones |url=https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/regions-zones#available |website=Google Cloud |access-date=5 April 2024}}

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For those familiar with other notable cloud service providers, a comparison of similar services may be helpful in understanding Google Cloud Platform's offerings.

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• April 2008 – Google App Engine announced in preview{{Cite web|url=http://googleappengine.blogspot.com/2008/04/introducing-google-app-engine-our-new.html|title=Introducing Google App Engine + our new blog|date=April 7, 2008|website=Google App Engine Blog|access-date=September 8, 2018}}
• May 2010 – Google Cloud Storage launched{{Cite web|url=http://googlecode.blogspot.com/2010/05/google-storage-for-developers-preview.html|title=Google Storage for Developers: A Preview – The official Google Code blog|date=May 19, 2010|website=Google Storage for Developers|access-date=September 8, 2018}}
• May 2010 – Google BigQuery and Prediction API announced in preview{{Cite web|url=http://googlecode.blogspot.com/2011/10/google-cloud-sql-your-database-in-cloud.html|title=Google Cloud SQL: your database in the cloud – The official Google Code blog|date=October 6, 2011|website=Google Cloud SQL|access-date=September 8, 2018}}
• October 2011 – Google Cloud SQL is announced in preview
• June 2012 – Google Compute Engine is launched in preview{{Cite news|url=https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2012/06/google-compute-engine-launches.html|title=Google Compute Engine launches, expanding Google's cloud offerings|work=Google Cloud Platform Blog|access-date=September 8, 2018|language=en}}
• May 2013 – Google Compute Engine is released to GA{{Cite news|url=https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2013/12/google-compute-engine-is-now-generally-available.html|title=Google Compute Engine is now Generally Available with expanded OS support, transparent maintenance, and lower prices|work=Google Cloud Platform Blog|access-date=September 8, 2018|language=en}}
• August 2013 -  Cloud Storage begins automatically encrypting each Storage object's data and metadata under the 128-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES-128), and each encryption key is itself encrypted with a regularly rotated set of master keys{{Cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/08/15/google-cloud-storage-now-features-server-side-encryption/|title=Google Cloud Storage Launches Automatic Server-Side Encryption For All Files|work=TechCrunch|access-date=September 8, 2018|language=en-US}}
• February 2014 – Google Cloud SQL becomes GA{{Cite news|url=https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2014/02/google-cloud-sql-now-generally-available.html|title=Google Cloud SQL now Generally Available with an SLA, 500GB databases, and encryption|work=Google Cloud Platform Blog|access-date=September 8, 2018|language=en}}
• May 2014 – Stackdriver is acquired by Google{{Cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2014/05/07/google-acquires-cloud-monitoring-service-stackdriver/|title=Google Acquires Cloud Monitoring Service Stackdriver|work=TechCrunch|access-date=September 8, 2018|language=en-US}}
• June 2014 – Kubernetes is announced as an open source container manager{{Cite news|url=https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2014/06/an-update-on-container-support-on-google-cloud-platform.html|title=An update on container support on Google Cloud Platform|work=Google Cloud Platform Blog|access-date=September 8, 2018|language=en}}
• June 2014 – Cloud Dataflow is announced in preview{{Cite news|url=https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2014/06/sneak-peek-google-cloud-dataflow-a-cloud-native-data-processing-service.html|title=Sneak peek: Google Cloud Dataflow, a Cloud-native data processing service|work=Google Cloud Platform Blog|access-date=September 8, 2018|language=en}}
• October 2014 – Google acquires Firebase{{Cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2014/10/21/google-acquires-firebase-to-help-developers-build-better-realtime-apps/|title=Google Acquires Firebase To Help Developers Build Better Real-Time Apps|work=TechCrunch|access-date=September 8, 2018|language=en-US}}
• November 2014 – Alpha release Google Kubernetes Engine (formerly Container Engine) is announced{{Cite news|url=https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2014/11/unleashing-containers-and-kubernetes-with-google-compute-engine.html|title=Unleashing Containers and Kubernetes with Google Container Engine|work=Google Cloud Platform Blog|access-date=September 8, 2018|language=en}}
• January 2015 – Google Cloud Monitoring based on Stackdriver goes into Beta{{Cite news|url=https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2015/01/14/googles-stackdriver-based-cloud-monitoring-now-in-beta|title=Google's Stackdriver-Based Cloud Monitoring Now in Beta|date=January 14, 2015|work=Data Center Knowledge|access-date=September 8, 2018}}
• March 2015 – Google Cloud Pub/Sub becomes available in Beta{{Cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/03/04/googles-cloud-pubsub-real-time-messaging-service-is-now-in-public-beta|title=Google's Cloud Pub/Sub Real-Time Messaging Service Is Now In Public Beta|work=TechCrunch|access-date=September 8, 2018|language=en-US}}
• April 2015 – Google Cloud DNS becomes generally available{{Cite news|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/04/13/google_cloud_networking/|title=Cloud DNS, VPN, HTTPS load balancing ... Google looks at rivals, thinks: Yeah, we'll do all that|access-date=September 8, 2018|language=en}}
• April 2015 – Google Dataflow launched in beta{{Cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/04/16/google-opens-cloud-dataflow-to-all-developers-launches-european-zone-for-bigquery/|title=Google Opens Cloud Dataflow To All Developers, Launches European Zone For BigQuery|work=TechCrunch|access-date=September 8, 2018|language=en-US}}
• July 2015 – Google releases v1 of Kubernetes; Hands it over to The Cloud Native Computing Foundation
• August 2015 – Google Cloud Dataflow, Google Cloud Pub/Sub, Google Kubernetes Engine, and Deployment Manager graduate to GA{{Cite news|url=https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2015/08/Google-Container-Engine-is-Generally-Available.html|title=Google Container Engine is Generally Available|work=Google Cloud Platform Blog|access-date=September 8, 2018|language=en}}
• November 2015 – Bebop is acquired, and Diane Greene joins Google{{Cite news|url=https://venturebeat.com/2016/01/04/google-paid-380m-to-buy-bebop-executive-diane-greene-donating-her-148m-share/|title=Google paid $380M to buy Bebop, executive Diane Greene donating her $148M share|date=January 4, 2016|work=VentureBeat|access-date=September 8, 2018|language=en-US}}
• February 2016 – Google Cloud Functions becomes available in Alpha{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/janakirammsv/2016/02/09/google-brings-serverless-computing-to-its-cloud-platform/#6204e4de1186|title=Google Brings Serverless Computing To Its Cloud Platform|last=MSV|first=Janakiram|work=Forbes|access-date=September 8, 2018|language=en}}
• September 2016 – Apigee, a provider of application programming interface (API) management company, is acquired by Google{{Cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/08/google-will-acquire-apigee-for-625-million/|title=Google will acquire Apigee for $625 million|work=TechCrunch|access-date=September 8, 2018|language=en-US}}
• September 2016 – Stackdriver becomes generally available{{Cite news|url=https://www.channelfutures.com/rmm/google-stackdriver-hits-general-availability|title=Google Stackdriver Hits General Availability|date=October 20, 2016|work=Channel Futures|access-date=September 8, 2018|archive-date=November 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130153748/https://www.channelfutures.com/rmm/google-stackdriver-hits-general-availability|url-status=dead}}
• November 2016 – Qwiklabs, an EdTech company is acquired by Google{{Cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/21/google-acquires-qwiklabs-to-teach-developers-cloud-skills/|title=Google acquires Qwiklabs |work=TechCrunch|access-date=September 8, 2018|language=en-US}}
• February 2017 – Cloud Spanner, highly available, globally-distributed database is released into Beta{{Cite news|url=https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2017/02/introducing-Cloud-Spanner-a-global-database-service-for-mission-critical-applications.html|title=Introducing Cloud Spanner: a global database service for mission-critical applications|work=Google Cloud Platform Blog|access-date=September 8, 2018|language=en}}
• March 2017 – Google acquires Kaggle, world's largest community of data scientists and machine learning enthusiasts{{Cite news|url=https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2017/03/welcome-Kaggle-to-Google-Cloud.html|title=Welcome Kaggle to Google Cloud|work=Google Cloud Platform Blog|access-date=September 8, 2018|language=en}}
• April 2017 – MIT professor Andrew Sutherland breaks the record for the largest ever Compute Engine cluster with 220,000 cores on Preemptible VMs.{{Cite news|url=https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2017/04/220000-cores-and-counting-MIT-math-professor-breaks-record-for-largest-ever-Compute-Engine-job.html|title=220,000 cores and counting: MIT math professor breaks record for largest ever Compute Engine job|work=Google Cloud Platform Blog|access-date=September 8, 2018|language=en}}
• May 2017 – Google Cloud IoT Core is launched in Beta{{Cite news|url=https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2017/05/introducing-Google-Cloud-IoT-Core-for-securely-connecting-and-managing-IoT-devices-at-scale.html|title=Introducing Google Cloud IoT Core: for securely connecting and managing IoT devices at scale|work=Google Cloud Platform Blog|access-date=September 8, 2018|language=en}}
• November 2017 – Google Kubernetes Engine gets certified by the CNCF{{Cite news|url=https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2017/11/introducing-Certified-Kubernetes-and-Google-Kubernetes-Engine.html|title=Introducing Certified Kubernetes (and Google Kubernetes Engine!)|work=Google Cloud Platform Blog|access-date=September 8, 2018|language=en}}
• February 2018 – Google Cloud IoT Core becomes generally available{{Cite news|url=https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2018/02/the-thing-is-Cloud-IoT-Core-is-now-generally-available.html|title=The thing is . . . Cloud IoT Core is now generally available|work=Google Cloud Platform Blog|access-date=September 8, 2018|language=en}}
• February 2018 – Google announces its intent to acquire Xively{{Cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/15/google-to-acquire-xively-iot-platform-from-logmein/|title=Google to acquire Xively IoT platform from LogMeIn for $50M|work=TechCrunch|access-date=September 8, 2018|language=en-US}}
• February 2018 – Cloud TPUs, ML accelerators for Tensorflow, become available in Beta{{Cite news|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-releases-cloud-tpu-beta-gpu-support-for-kubernetes/|title=Google releases Cloud TPU beta, GPU support for Kubernetes|last=Gagliordi|first=Natalie|work=ZDNet|access-date=September 8, 2018|language=en}}
• May 2018 – Google Cloud Memorystore becomes available in Beta{{Cite news|url=https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2018/05/Introducing-Cloud-Memorystore-A-fully-managed-in-memory-data-store-service-for-Redis.html|title=Introducing Cloud Memorystore: A fully managed in-memory data store service for Redis|work=Google Cloud Platform Blog|access-date=September 8, 2018|language=en}}
• April 2019 – Google Cloud Run (fully managed) Beta release{{Cite web|url=https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/serverless/announcing-cloud-run-the-newest-member-of-our-serverless-compute-stack/|title=Announcing Cloud Run, the newest member of our serverless compute stack|website=Google Cloud Blog}}
• April 2019 – Google Anthos announced{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/janakirammsv/2019/04/14/everything-you-want-to-know-about-anthos-googles-hybrid-and-multi-cloud-platform/|title=Everything You Want To Know About Anthos – Google's Hybrid And Multi-Cloud Platform|first=Janakiram|last=MSV|website=Forbes}}
• November 2019 – Google Cloud Run (fully managed) General availability release{{Cite web|url=https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/serverless/knative-based-cloud-run-services-are-ga/|title=Knative-based Cloud Run services are GA|website=Google Cloud Blog}}
• March 2020 – Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Google Cloud postponed the online streaming version of its Google Cloud Next mega-conference, two weeks after it canceled the in-person version.{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/google-cloud-next-postponed-digital-conference-coronavirus-2020-3|title=Google Cloud is indefinitely postponing the digital version of its cancelled conference as coronavirus continues to spread|publisher=Business Insider|access-date=March 17, 2020}}
• October 2020 – Google Cloud announced that it will become a block producer candidate for the EOS network and EOS.IO protocol. Currently the top block producers are cryptocurrency exchanges like OKEx and Binance.{{cite news |url=https://dlt.withgoogle.com/eos/ |title=EOS Block Producer |work=Google Cloud |date=October 9, 2020 |access-date=October 9, 2020 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/tatianakoffman/2020/10/06/google-cloud-joins-forces-with-eos/ |title=Google Cloud Joins Forces With EOS |work=Forbes |date=October 9, 2020 |access-date=October 9, 2020 }}
• February 2021 – Google Kubernetes Engine Autopilot introduced. {{Cite web|url=https://www.wikieduonline.com/wiki/Google_Cloud_Platform_timeline|title=Google Cloud Platform timeline - wikieduonline|website=www.wikieduonline.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/containers-kubernetes/introducing-gke-autopilot|title=Introducing GKE Autopilot|website=Google Cloud Blog}}
• May 2021 – Vertex AI announced at Google.io {{Cite web |last=Vizard |first=Mike |date=2021-05-25 |title=Google Makes Case for Managing AI Models |url=https://www.itbusinessedge.com/development/google-makes-case-for-managing-ai-models/ |access-date=2023-01-13 |website=IT Business Edge (ITBE) |language=en-US}}
• June 2021 – In 2021, Apple was Google Cloud's biggest customer.{{Cite web |last=Swinhoe |first=Dan |date=2021-06-21 |title=Report: Apple is Google’s largest cloud customer for storage |url=https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/report-apple-is-googles-largest-cloud-customer-for-storage/ |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=Data Center Dynamics |language=en-US}}
• April 2022 – MobiledgeX acquired and joins Google Cloud.{{Cite web |last=Maistre |first=Ray Le |date=April 29, 2022 |title=MobiledgeX acquired by Google |url=https://www.telecomtv.com/content/edge/mobiledgex-acquired-by-google-cloud-44315/ |access-date=April 29, 2022 |website=TelecomTV |language=en}}
• March 2023 – Google brings generative AI capabilities to Google Cloud.{{cite web|url=https://blog.google/technology/ai/ai-developers-google-cloud-workspace/|title=The next generation of AI for developers and Google Workspace|date=March 14, 2023}}
• May 2024 Google Cloud partnered with Airtel.{{cite web |last1=Pal |first1=Priyasi |title=Airtel and Google Cloud Join Forces to Power India's AI Revolution |url=https://www.brutimes.com/news/business/airtel-and-google-cloud-join-forces-to-power-indias-ai-revolution |website=Bru Times News |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Airtel, Google partner to deliver cloud solutions to Indian businesses |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/business/2024/May/13/airtel-google-partner-to-deliver-cloud-solutions-to-indian-businesses |website=The New Indian Express |language=en |date=13 May 2024}}

Customers announced in 2023 include: Kingfisher plc,{{Cite web |title=Kingfisher Chooses Google Cloud as Catalyst for Growth and Innovation |url=https://www.googlecloudpresscorner.com/2022-11-30-Kingfisher-Chooses-Google-Cloud-as-Catalyst-for-Growth-and-Innovation |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=Google Cloud Press Corner |language=en}} the Government of Kuwait,{{Cite web |title=The Government of Kuwait Selects Google Cloud to Commence Nationwide Digital Transformation Roadmap |url=https://www.googlecloudpresscorner.com/2023-01-05-The-Government-of-Kuwait-Selects-Google-Cloud-to-Commence-Nationwide-Digital-Transformation-Roadmap |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=Google Cloud Press Corner |language=en}} Deutsche Börse Group,{{Cite web |title=Deutsche Börse Group and Google Cloud Announce Strategic Partnership to Accelerate Innovation |url=https://www.googlecloudpresscorner.com/2023-02-09-Deutsche-Borse-Group-and-Google-Cloud-Announce-Strategic-Partnership-to-Accelerate-Innovation |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=Google Cloud Press Corner |language=en}} Unity Technologies,{{Cite web |title=Unity and Google Deepen Collaboration to Accelerate Game Developer Success |url=https://www.googlecloudpresscorner.com/2023-01-26-Unity-and-Google-Deepen-Collaboration-to-Accelerate-Game-Developer-Success |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=Google Cloud Press Corner |language=en}} Uber,{{Cite web |title=Google and Uber Deepen Partnership to Reimagine the Customer Experience - Feb 13, 2023 |url=https://www.googlecloudpresscorner.com/2023-02-13-Google-and-Uber-Deepen-Partnership-to-Reimagine-the-Customer-Experience |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=Google Cloud Press Corner |language=en}} FanCode,{{Cite web |title=FanCode and Google Cloud Collaborate to Transform the Live Sports Viewing Experience for Users Across South Asia |url=https://www.googlecloudpresscorner.com/2023-02-23-FanCode-and-Google-Cloud-Collaborate-to-Transform-the-Live-Sports-Viewing-Experience-for-Users-Across-South-Asia |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=Google Cloud Press Corner |language=en}} and Daimler.{{Cite web |title=Mercedes-Benz and Google Join Forces to Create Next-Generation Navigation Experience |url=https://www.googlecloudpresscorner.com/2023-02-22-Mercedes-Benz-and-Google-Join-Forces-to-Create-Next-Generation-Navigation-Experience |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=Google Cloud Press Corner |language=en}}

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